Tornado Warning 1, NWS Honolulu, HI

000
WWHW50 PHFO 240743
SVSHFO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
942 PM HST THU MAR 23 2006

HIC009-240800-
/O.CON.PHFO.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060324T0800Z/
LANAI IN MAUI-
942 PM HST THU MAR 23 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM HST FOR THE ISLAND OF
LANAI IN MAUI COUNTY...

AT 942 PM HST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE LANAI CITY 
AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LANAI CITY AROUND 955 PM HST

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN A VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 2077 15715 2064 15702 2087 15670 2103 15686

$$
R BALLARD

000
WWHW50 PHFO 240804
SVSHFO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1004 PM HST THU MAR 23 2006

HIC009-240820-
/O.EXP.PHFO.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060324T0800Z/
LANAI IN MAUI-
1004 PM HST THU MAR 23 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR THE ISLAND OF LANAI IN MAUI COUNTY EXPIRED
AT 1000 PM HST...

RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED ONSHORE NEAR 
KAUMALAPAU HARBOR ON LANAI AT ABOUT 935 PM HAS MOVED NORTHEAST AND 
WEAKENED. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WILL NOT BE REISSUED.

LAT...LON 2077 15715 2064 15702 2087 15670 2103 15686

$$
R BALLARD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
830 PM HST THU MAR 23 2006

.SYNOPSIS...
A DEEP TROUGH WEST OF KAUAI WILL MAINTAIN KONA WEATHER OVER THE
ISLANDS THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE TROUGH WILL KEEP
TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMING OVER THE ISLANDS. IMPULSES MOVING OVER
THE ISLANDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL KEEP THE ATMOSPHERE UNSTABLE
ENOUGH FOR HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
SATELLITE IMAGERY AND UPPER AIR ANALYSES SHOW A DEEP NORTH NORTHEAST
TO SOUTH SOUTHWEST TROUGH NEARLY STATIONARY WEST OF KAUAI. A SERIES
OF IMPULSES KEEP DROPPING INTO THE TROUGH FROM THE NORTHWEST...
SWINGING AROUND THE TROUGH AXIS AND MOVING NORTHEASTWARD JUST WEST
OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS AN AREA OF LAYERED CLOUDS WITH
EMBEDDED HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ISLANDS FROM OAHU
TO MAUI. OVER THE PAST 6 HOUR...THIS AREA HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARDS
THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH AND INTENSIFIED. THIS
INTENSIFICATION IS PROBABLY DUE TO A STRONG IMPULSE MOVING BY ABOUT
250 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI. WEATHER OVER THE ISLANDS WILL REMAIN
RATHER ACTIVE OVERNIGHT BUT MAY QUIET DOWN A BIT EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING AS THE IMPULSE MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST.

WEATHER OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED AS LONG
AS THE TROUGH REMAINS NORTHWEST OF KAUAI. THE COMPUTER MODELS ARE
CONSISTENT IN IN KEEPING THE TROUGH THERE THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. AFTER
THAT...THE MODELS DIVERGE SIGNIFICANTLY. UNTIL THE MODELS BECOME
MORE CONSISTENT WE WILL LOOK FOR THE TROUGH TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR
THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR NIIHAU KAUAI OAHU
MOLOKAI LANAI MAUI AND KAHOOLAWE.
WIND ADVISORY BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY.

&&

DONALDSON